Research Article
Experimentally Induced Pulpal Lesion and Substance P Expression: Effect of Ketoprofen—A Preliminary Study
Table 3
Pulp substance P levels and time to appearance of pain.
| | | Group 1
(ketoprofen) | Group 2
(no drug) | Mann-Whitney
test |
| SP pg/mg pulp
(mean ± SEM) | 87.33 ± 17
= 8 | 104 ± 10.49
= 10 | = 0,45 |
| Appearance of pain
(hours) (mean ± SEM) | 6.2 ± 0.13
= 10 | 3.95 ± 0.2
= 10 | = 0,0002 |
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